I started reading because of the Dog Trainer Year-in-Review, but I fondly remember your uncovering of the Hiltzik and Greenwald sock-puppetry among other awesome posts. The Dog Trainer appears to have gotten the last laugh though — they have made themselves so useless and unimportant that there is no longer any need to catalog their sleazy reporting and opining.

The Kozinski posts that included this exclusive; the O’Keefe posts; the Deport the Criminal First series; and I learned a lot in your Schiavo posts. The only posts I didn’t enjoy were about Weiner, Rauhauser, Kimberlin, et al — but it was the subjects, not the posts, that I don’t like. The posts were well done.

I forget what post first brought me to your website…probably one of your classic take-downs of the LA Times. But, your happy birthday posts honoring your dad stick out in my mind as among the best. The way you honor your family stuck with me and was the first thing that popped in my mind when I saw this question.

The one I remember most is the one that shows how newspapers use certain words to spin coverage a certain way, e.g. “Democrats said,” but “Republicans complained.” I may not have the specific example right, but I;m sure you’ll recognize the post from that context.

First found the site looking for reasonable lawyer talk about Schiavo, and it has remained on my top 2 blog sites since then because of a commitment to tell the truth (“truth”- “what is real”, once common, supposedly, in journalism, but now all too rare, including/especially on non-partisan fact-checking sites).

nk was especially eager to respond to my non-lawyer questions at the time (worried about him with all of his health issues and no comments for awhile, that I’ve seen anyway).

To echo HF-that psot is so much what the GOP needs to be about. And instead it’s led around by the noise by Rove and Kristol right over the cliff. The soultion was tight there but the powers that be continue to fight yesterday’s fight.

The most memorable posts for me were the ones on Weinergate and the posts about Brett Kimberlin and the vermin he attracts.
The reason you are asking is because you are planning on compiling a list of the most vile leftwing pricks.

I think your most memorable post — and the one that I’ve quoted most often in conversation — was about how you took your baby along with you and your wife to a concert. It didn’t work out, as you had to take the baby out to the car. And while you could have been annoyed at the situation, you sat there and you thought about how a much older you, given an opportunity to go back and experience a day in your life, would choose to go back and sit in the car with your baby rather than listen to the concert.

Painted Jaguar thanks you, Leviticus. He’s been a bit flumoxed lately with way too many things to choose from to comment on.
Though he is thinking of taking up the plight of the poor ice cream parlor owner in Israel who had his contract cancelled by Netanyahu. Never would have happened in DC (unless it was by the FLOTUS).

How time flies. The pieces on the Hiltzik and Greenwald sockpuppetry were important because they really opened a lot of eyes about writers anonymously using comment sections to further push/defend a meme they created.

As an aside– Hiltzik is still, well, Hiltzik. But Greenwald has done some good work, especially of late with his pieces on the kill list and demanding that where the Constitution is concerned people must look at all recent administrations through the same lens. So it’s kind of sad that he demeaned himself and dented his reputation by engaging in such juvenile and unneccessary sockpuppetry. I hope he learned his lesson.

i liked DRJ’s posts about the oil spill cause you couldn’t hardly find a conservative blog what wanted to talk about it it’s like they were ashamed

well they shouldn’t have been ashamed and when your fascist food stamp in chief starts yippy yapping about how your stupid little country is going to stomp stomp stomp its boot on the neck of people what are employers and risk-takers and producers of energy and wealth well somebody has to say something

Stashiu’s series, DRJ’s series on Ramos and Compean, Pats on the Christine Odonell and the fall out with Mark Levins bloviating, Pats on the Obamacare supreme court decision, WLS shipwrecks posts on the internet and obamas victory, KArls KARL KAAARRLLLs political posts, and Aarons forays into science fiction

I liked your Alito Project posts. That might seem like something very obscure to dig up from the past, but I remember them being very informative and clearly written for somebody without a legal background to understand.

Years in Review, the posts about your dad, the Breitbart and O’Keefe related posts and first and especially this one (think someone mentioned that above – IIRC it was the first post of yours I read — enjoyed the thorough pwnage over and over)

I started following you after your summary article on swatting on 5/25/12 (sorry, I haven’t figured out how to insert the formatted link that appears above text entry box). And I found I enjoyed seeing how lawyer types view the world. I also like Col. Haiku’s pithy poetry … occasionally … blue moon waxing full. And I remember thinking about your baby at the concert article (mentioned in #38 by roper,) and I discussed that with my wife. I have wondered why Michael Connelly’s novels haven’t been mentioned as he takes up a lot of topics that would seem to fit the motif, but perhaps he’s too Hollywood. I also appreciate your indepth efforts on various important topics like the recent series on fiscal issues. I hope your Amazon link has been helpful. It would be fun to see some of the wierd stuff your readers buy.

You know, the funny thing is that, I can’t really recall any specific post that, ummm…”pumped my nads”. With your blog it’s the regularity of posts and the consistent quality level that has me regularly coming back for more.

You are one of my first four blogs to read regularly right now (Coyoteblog, Chicago Boyz, and Neoneocon being the other three)… so you must be doing something right… 😀

I came here for the Illegal Alien series and the LA Times stuff at first. Having just moved from LA to AZ it struck a chord. At the time we were stuck with the dreaded Dial-Up so I never commented. If I was only allowed access to one blog, this would be it. Thanks, Pat.

End of the year Dog Trainer in Review series. I used it for two years to show my late father-in-law why he should distrust what he read in that rag. I imagine it was a LOT of work for you, but it was a very helpful tool for me as I sought to open his mind to facts. In his late 80’s, newspapers were his primary source for information.

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